Hopkins vs. Jones

By Jim Dower: After laboring to a dull 12 round unanimous decision against 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. last night at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, the 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins said “I still want to fight David Haye.” As bad as Hopkins looked against Jones, and believe me he looked bad, [...]

By Alexander Fugate: The fight started out with same set of actions repeating themselves. Hopkins leading with a jab, then jumping in close with his head down, and throwing a quick combo before wrapping Jones up. The first four round went this way with Hopkins jumping in, throwing a few shots and then both wrapping [...]

By Brian Kenneth Blackwell: This will be a horribly written article, simply because I cannot find it in me to write an article about what was an absolutely horrible fight. Tonight, two fighters in their 40s attempted to turn back the clock and looked everything that they were not. In the end, both fighters looked [...]

By Peter Wells: It has been 17 years since we saw these two fighters stepping into the ring with each other. The two old dogs of the sport have both been so close to each other, but there was never a rematch. But now it finally happens, and it couldn’t have happened at a worse [...]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (April 1, 2010) – Tecate, cerveza con carácter, invites fans to witness the much-anticipated face-off between boxing legendary rivals Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KOs) vs. Roy “The Terminator” Jones Jr. (54-5, 40 KOs) on Saturday, April 3, 2010. The event will be broadcast live on Pay-Per-View beginning at 9:00 p.m. [...]

By Niko Tricarico: Every fighter for every fight seems to claim that they are in the best shape of their careers. Every hanger on, every minion and sycophantic handler boasts the supernatural conditioning and superiority of their boxer and the imminent destruction of their opponent. By the time the prefight commentary is over I expect [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Roy Jones Jr. sounded as confident as usual at the press conference before Saturday night’s bout against 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jones, now 41, is coming off a technical knockout loss against Danny Green last December. However, even with the 1st round [...]

Kelly Swanson We are ten days away from a great, excellent rematch between Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones, Jr. This week we had two super media days with both fighters. I’m sure you saw some of the stories and photographs that were highlighted by those media days. What we’re going to do today is we’ll [...]

By Chris Williams: Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. will be fighting this Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both Hopkins and Jones are over 40-years-old, and have seen better days. We have a case of two counter punchers that don’t like to throw a lot of punches [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In looking at the old timer’s fight between Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins that takes place on April 3rd, one wonders whether former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) might be tempted to come out of retirement to fight the winner of this fight. It’s unclear how Calzaghe’s finances [...]

“I want it so badly and really I want Roy to be able to remember this beating I am about to give him for making me wait so long. But now the wait is over, I am going old school and back to the days of the Executioner. He delayed it too long but his [...]

Roy Jones Jr: Bernard Hopkins is a shark. He’s a bottom feeder. He’s catfish. He’s waiting around for someone to die, then he’ll bight into it. If something is dead, he’ll try to taste it. If something is alive, he doesn’t want any part of it. If something is close to dead he’ll try to [...]

LOS ANGELES (March 24, 2010) – Three exciting televised fights will warm fans up for the long-awaited rematch between future Hall of Famers Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. “The Rivals: Hopkins vs. Jones II” is scheduled for Saturday, April 3 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and live on pay-per-view.

By Jim Dower: 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) said to ESPN analyst Brian Kenny on Friday night that he plans on cleaning up the light heavyweight division after Bernard gets through with his fight on April 3rd against 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. Hopkins, who has only fought once in the past two years, said [...]

By Jim Slattengren: You got to like Bernard Hopkins. He really knows how to come up with some good sound bites to sell a fight, even one that a lot of boxing cans could really care less about at this point. The 45-year-old Hopkins will be facing 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) on [...]

Bernard Hopkins – “This is 2010. That was 1993. That’s 17 years I’ve been waiting for this fight. It’s personal to me and it’s important to me that I get this man in the ring and that I send him on his way to the Hall of Fame. I want to make sure that the [...]

Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins and Roy “The Terminator” Jones stayed true to their reputations as two of the most outspoken boxers in the history of the sport as they announced The Rivals: Hopkins vs. Jones II, which will take place April 3 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev. and will be [...]

By Chris Williams: After 17 years of waiting, light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) is looking to get revenge against Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) on April 3rd when they meet at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hopkins, 45, doesn’t care that Jones appears to be almost completely [...]

LAS VEGAS, NV (February 4) . . . Tickets for the long awaited rematch of future Hall of Famers Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins and Roy “The Terminator” Jones Jr. go on sale tomorrow, Friday, February 5 at 10:00 a.m. PT. The Rivals: Hopkins vs. Jones II is set for Saturday, April 3 at the Mandalay [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan will be fighting on the undercard of the fight between 40-year-olds Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. on April 17th, according to news. Khan will either be facing WBA interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s), a knockout artist from Argentina and who boxing [...]

By Michael Taylor: August: At the beginning of August Devon Alexander was introduced to the big time with a victory over Junior Witter, retiring Witter for the vacant WBC Light Welterweight title. On the same show, Timothy Bradley and Nate Campbell’s WBO Light Welterweight clash ended in a no-contest, as a head butt caused a [...]

By Sam Gregory: Right after Bernard Hopkins ceiled his fiftieth career win in a less than stellar performance in route to a defeat over light heavyweight Enrique Ornelas on the Versus TV network Wednesday night, commentators were excited to show the boxing world what Hopkins had to say about Danny Green’s 122 second stoppage of [...]

By William Mackay: Bernard Hopkins refuses to be turned off towards a rematch with Roy Jones Jr., despite Jones being destroyed in a 1st round TKO on Wednesday night by Danny Green in Sydney, Australia. Hopkins defeated an over-matched middleweight contender Enrique Ornelas tonight in a 12 round unanimous decision in Philadelphia.

By Liam Santiago: Although the rematch between old veterans Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones is receiving plenty of positive hype, it also has its critics. The two American legends, who have a combined age of 84 are due to fight sometime in early 2010. One man who is not in the slightest bit interested is [...]

By Sean McDaniel: 40-year-old Roy Jones Jr. could ruin his chance for a big money payday in a rematch with Bernard Hopkins if Roy can’t get by his next opponent Australian Danny Green on December 2nd. In hindsight, it might end up being a costly mistake for Jones because Green, a former light heavyweight champion, [...]

By Liam Santiago: It might be fifth ten years too late, but finally, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jnr have finally agreed to fight in early 2010, providing Roy Jones beats Danny Green on December 2nd in their scheduled boxing event in Sydney, Australia. Although both fighters are past their prime, this is not a [...]